Agroforestry In-Service Training: A Training Aid for Asia and the Pacific Islands (Peace Corps, 1984, 223 p.): Training program goals and objectives

Agroforestry In-Service Training: A Training Aid for Asia and the Pacific Islands (Peace Corps, 1984, 223 p.)

(introduction...)

Acknowledgments

Executive summary

Foreword

Comments and recommendations

Training program goals and objectives

Agenda for agroforestry workshop

Training sessions

Day one

Day two

Day three

Day four

Day five

Day six

Evaluation of training workshop

Appendices

Appendix A: List of workshop participants

Appendix B: Workshop technical staff

Appendix C: List of international organizations for resource assistance

Appendix D: New directions in agroforestry: The potential of tropical legume trees

1. Selection of legume trees for agroforestry

2. Initial tasks in agroforestry projects

3. Sustained outputs from legume-tree based agroforestry systems

4. Economic evaluation of agroforestry projects

Appendix E: Nitrogen-fixing tree resources: potentials and limitations

Appendix F: Production of fuelwood and shall timber in community forestry systems

Appendix G: Leucaena as a fallow improvement crop: A first approximation

Appendix H: Nitrogen fixing trees: general information

Appendix I: Establishment and management of NFT plantations

Appendix J: Evaluation

Appendix K: Chart on results of workshop evaluation

Training program goals and objectives

GOALS

· To develop a stronger and more confident understanding and working relationship among Peace Corps Volunteers and their respective Host Country National Counterparts.

· To identify and improve needed skill areas in agroforestry, site survey methodologies and development strategies.

· To broaden the participants knowledge of a variety of potential forestry extension techniques and enable them to practice these techniques.

· To give the participants confidence in recommending and incorporating, where appropriate, traditional or new systems of agroforestry in accordance with the local needs and conditions.

· To recognize the role of women in forestry and integrate women into community analysis and project planning for a holistic approach to human resource utilization and development.

· To provide participants the opportunity for information sharing on specific forestry issues and practices in their respective countries of service.

OBJECTIVES

· Working in groups, counterparts (PCVs and HCNs) will gain an improved understanding of each other and thereby enhance their working relationship.

· Through lectures and field/site visits, participants will augment their knowledge and understanding of the environmental, economic and social implications of agroforestry practices.

· Trainees will view and discuss traditional methods of agroforestry practices in Asia and the Pacific and discuss those practiced in their respective countries.

· Analyze the environmental, economic and social aspects involved in carrying out an agroforestry project on a specific site. Participants will then prepare and present an integrated plan for the improvement of the site.

· Participants will examine various extension methodologies and experiment with a variety of extension techniques.

· Participants, through "hands-on" exercises will understand the principles of grafting and pruning fruit trees.

· Participants will gain "hands-on" experience in nursery management techniques.